KTH CSA – Centre for Sustainable Aviation

Aim and objectives

As residential areas increasingly approach the country's airports, there is a need to develop aviation to reduce noise and emissions. The Swedish Transport Administration and KTH therefore decided in 2015 to create a Centre for Sustainable Aviation (CSA).
The purpose being to create leading Swedish research on the management and operation of aviation with regard to the environment in particular noise. The hope is that the centre will be able to generate societal benefits both in a short and long perspective, and both in a local and international perspective. The Swedish Transport Administration's ambition is that research for a total of SEK 50 million will be announced through the centre over a 10-year period.

Background

Aviation planning, control and operation must be designed, renewed and improved to meet both today's and tomorrow's challenges, especially on the environmental side. The purpose of the new center is to create a Swedish world-leading research in the control and operation of aviation with regard to the environment, especially noise.

The purpose of the center is to jointly develop the industry's and society's ability to meet current and future demands to achieve sustainable and efficient aviation and at the same time strengthen relevant parts of the Swedish aviation industry.

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